Australia and New Zealand
Digital Encyclopedia Group

ANZDEG 2007: 3-4 December 2007

When
Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 December 2007
Where
Madsen Building Conference Room
474 Madsen Building
University of Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
Hosts
Ian Johnson
Steven Hayes
Martin King

2007 programme

Monday 3rd December 2007, morning
Encyclopaedias and collections

Ross Somerville, Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Challenges we have faced: getting to grips with a project of increasing size and scale - maintenance, workflow and new access paths.
Stewart Wallace, Dictionary of Sydney
Designing a repository structure.
Ted Chrisfield, La Trobe University
Publishing the 'Deneiai archive' as a LUNA Insight shared collection.
Kerry Kilner, University of Queensland
The sum of its parts: AustLit and Australian literary history

Monday 3rd December 2007, afternoon
Digital publications and collaboration

Gary Browne and Sten Christensen, Fisher Library, University of Sydney
Wangga songs publication project.
Steven Hayes, Archaeological Computing Laboratory, University of Sydney
Journey to Horseshoe Bend digital publication.
Ian Johnson, Archaeological Computing Laboratory, University of Sydney
Building relationships: Heurist, Rethinking Timelines and the UNESCO Three Cities Project.
Gavan McCarthy, Melbourne University eScholarship Research Centre
Google Custom Search Engines for online guides to archival collections.

Monday 3rd December 2007, evening
Conference dinner

Thai Pothong restaurant, Newtown
At cost. An alternative restaurant may be decided on the day.

Tuesday 4th December 2007, morning
Access and structure

Jessica Coates and Brian Fitzgerald, Creative Commons
Encouraging the preservation of digital-born products - a project with JISC, CERI and the Library of Congress.
Jamie Norrish, New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC)
Authority control solution for NZETC.
Basil Dewhurst, National Library of Australia
People Australia and changes to the NLA's thinking about its resource discovery services.
Andrew Wilson, Archaeological Computing Laboratory, University of Sydney
Putting it in context: maps and spatial data in encyclopaedia applications.

Tuesday 4th December 2007, afternoon
Tools, techniques, tips and tricks

Creagh Cole, Ross Coleman and Gary Browne, Fisher Library, University of Sydney
APRIL project (Australian poetry resources internet library) - use of XTF and Cocoon.
Jason Darwin, New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC)
Demonstration of an online/offline word processor.
Tom Murtagh and Kim Jackson, Archaeological Computing Laboratory, University of Sydney
How to get HAPI: embedding Heurist objects and functionality in web applications using the Heurist API.
Jonathan O'Donnell
Searching across collections, such as the ANZDEG collections, with Google Custom Search Engines.
Stewart Wallace, Dictionary of Sydney
Some thoughts on Resource Description Framework (RDF) Web Ontology Language (OWL).
Wrap up
Plans for the coming year and allocation of tasks.